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# Boone, Crespin-Boucaud and Kim (2024).
# Sectoral interests and regional bloc voting in African countries
# Studies in Comparative International Development , forthcoming.
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# README FILE
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General notes

This repository contains the datasets and shapefiles used in the analyses presented in the paper. The code files needed for data preparation are not included in this repository. The code files needed for bloc identification are not included either.

N.B.: Figures can be replicated as in the paper but only the contents of the tables are replicated. The dataset is transformed into the contents of the tables or the contents of the table is displayed in the results window. Their layout is not replicated. No tables will be saved when running the code file *replication_analysis.do".

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Description of files

# Information
- README.txt                            REAMDME File
- codebook.pdf                          Codebook

# Data files
- Kenya_blocs_prod_info.dta             Dataset with information on bloc membership and production of Kenyan electoral constituencies
- Kenya_electoral_data.dta              Dataset with Kenyan electoral results and bloc membership information 
- Malawi_blocs_prod_info.dta            Dataset with information on bloc membership and production of Malawian electoral constituencies
- Malawi_electoral_data.dta             Dataset with Malawian electoral results and bloc membership information 
- Zambia_blocs_prod_info.dta            Dataset with information on bloc membership and production of Zambian electoral constituencies
- Zambia_electoral_data.dta             Dataset with Zambian electoral results and bloc membership information 

# Shapefiles 
- KenyaConstituencies.shp		Shapefile of time-invariant units based on constituency boundaries shapefiles for Kenya.
- MalawiConstituencies.shp		Shapefile of time-invariant units based on constituency boundaries shapefiles for Malawi.
- ZambiaConstituencies.shp		Shapefile of time-invariant units based on constituency boundaries shapefiles for Zambia.

# Code files
- replication_tables_figures.do 	Stata code to replicate the figures and tables presented in the paper.

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